On 15 August 1996, the
Punjab Group of Colleges, a private business venture, petitioned the
Government of Punjab for the establishment of a university in the province. UCP was chartered by the
Government of the Punjab in 2002 and recognized by the
Higher Education Commission (Pakistan). Punjab Institute of Computer Science (PICS), Punjab College of Commerce (PCC) and Punjab College of Information Technology (PCIT) formed the core of the university at the time of establishment. Following a restructuring in 2004, the PCBA and PICS operate under the Faculty of Management Studies and Faculty of Information Technology of the University of Central Punjab respectively. The Punjab Colleges of Commerce and the Punjab Law College respectively function under the Faculties of Commerce and of Law of the University of Central Punjab. The Faculty of Engineering (FOE) was introduced in 2002. The university is located opposite
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre on Khayaban-e-Jinnah Road Lahore. It covers an area of 500,000 square feet. The campus was built in 2010 and consists of five blocks. There is an auditorium block consisting of 300 seats. It houses a number of facilities, both curricular and co-curricular in nature.
Library The library of the university has an academic collection of more than 40,000 books from various disciplines being taught at the university. The collection in the library is arranged according to a specific classification scheme known as
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme. ==Organization and administration==